Warren Beatty

Born Henry Warren Beatty in Richmond, VA on March 30, 1937, his career choice may have been set for him at an early age. Beatty's mother Kathlyn was a drama teacher, and his older sister, Shirley (who later adopted her middle name, MacLean, for her stage name, Shirley MacLaine) had found success on Broadway in "The Pajama Game." Beatty made a name for himself on the high school football field, but his sister's fame inspired him to try his hand at acting as well. After a stint as a stagehand at the National Theater in Washington, D.C., Beatty rejected numerous football scholarships to study drama at Northwestern University. His tenure there would last only a year; Beatty dropped out after his... Continue Bio >>